“The atmosphere is so tense, if Elvis walked in, with a portion of chips, you could hear the vinegar sizzle on them.”
– Sid Waddell
footyalmanac.com.au invites you to register for the inaugural Sid Waddell Memorial.
To be held at: The Waterside Hotel, cnr King and Flinders Streets, Melbourne
Monday Sep 22 (Brownlow Medal night) from 6pm.
$35 includes entry to the SWM, entry to the Brownlow comp, a burger, and a pot. Drinks at bar prices.
Regos to be accompanied by your DN*, your WOS** and your preferred WOC***
Format dependent on number of noms. Qualifiying rounds may have to be held the day before at pubs around Australia and the tungsten-tossing world.
Winner take all in both comps.
Checkouts over 40 win a free pint.
$200 Almanac voucher for a 180
Free Almanac lunches for life for a 9-darter.
Registrations essential: [email protected]
Naming Rights Sponsorship still available – contact Arthur or Terry or Ned or JTH
*Darts Name
** Walk-on Song
***Walk-on Companion
JTH is a writer, publisher, speaker, historian. He is founder and contributing editor of The Footy Almanac and footyalmanac.com.au. He has written columns and features for numerous publications. His books include Confessions of a Thirteenth Man, Memoirs of a Mug Punter, Loose Men Everywhere, Play On, The Pearl: Steve Renouf’s Story and Life As I Know It (with Michelle Payne).
He can be contacted [email protected]
He is married to Susan. They have three school-age kids – Theo, Anna, Evie.
He might not be the worst putter in the world but he’s in the worst four.
His ambition was to lunch for Australia but it clashed with his other ambition – to shoot his age.
This sounds great. I’m in. I have no idea about darts and the scoring system but I’m sure someone will tell me.
DN – Red Hugh
WOS – I Remember When I Was Young – Matt Taylor
WOC – Billy Connolly
Darts Name: James Van Der Beek
Walk-on Song: “I Don’t Want To Wait” – Paula Cole
Walk-on Companion: Katie Holmes
Earlt nomination from a bloke called Donno whose mate Collo has also nominated and writes:
Donno, you should know, was the back-to-back ACT Air Guitar champ, and came third in the nation 2009.
Be warned.
Dips, you clearly haven’t taken in much darts.
But then, each to their own.
[I preferred Connolly in his early Parkinson days]
JTH how hard can it be? When I play Pool or Billiards I turn into Eddie Charlton after a few pots. I’m hoping with the darts I’ll turn into van Gerwen
JTH – I’ll be playing from home
DN – The Singapore Flinger
WOS – Thunderstruck
WOC – Mr Ed